DR240A – DIN with opto-in, 8 mains relays & with analogue

Product Information

• Description

  

  DR240A

  The SPLat DIN Family of controllers are an ideal solution for any job that needs a cheap programmable PLC inside a cabinet. Each product in the DIN Family is a fully programmable controller, so it can either be used by itself or wired up with other family members to get more I/O.

  The DR240A is a quick and smart way to get mains rated switching into your cabinet. The inputs are fully opto-isolated and will happily detect both AC (50 or 60Hz) and DC. This is a heavy duty controller ideally suited to electrically harsh environments. Brought about by other customers that nedded the mains switching capability of the DR240 coupled with the analogue capabilities of the DA8.

  Use this controller alone, or join it to the 4.3″ Colour Touch Screen controller or DC216 with 2x16LCD to get even more I/O capability.

• Features

  • Fully programmable SPLat controller with all the latest, relevant SPLat features.
  • Network it with 2 wires to other DIN Family members for expanded I/O
  • 8 –> 24 VDC operation, ~70mA maximum at 24 VDC
  • Can be powered from 24 VAC (DR240 cannot be powered from AC)
  • 1 x 0-10 Volt analogue output, same capabilities as the DA8
  • 4 x analogue inputs (voltage or current or temperature), same capabilities as the DA8
  • 8 x optically isolated digital inputs, 24VAC/DC max
  • 8 x mains switching relays
  • Auxiliary 5 Volt DC output at 50mA
  • USB programming port (mini B)
  • N/O contacts rated at 240VAC @ 5A / 125V @ 10A / 30VDC @ 5A
  • 4 way DIP Switch
  • N/C contacts rated at 3A for all voltages
  • 1 programmable bi-colour LED (red/green)
  • RS485 interface. Use for MODBUS, Xwire or your own protocol
  • TTL Xwire interface
  • TTL serial interface
  • Connects to any SPLat controller with latest Xwire drivers
  • Dimensions: 102mm x 118mm (4.0″ x 4.65″) in DIN holder
  • Has mounting holes for DIN-less mounting

  Note: If you are upgrading from a DR240, please take note that the inputs are different. See this page for details.

• USB

  To program this controller you will need this USB driver:

  USB driver

  Once downloaded, unzip, right-click “splat_serial.inf” and choose Install.

• Firmware

  The firmware download page has the tools and instructions you need for updating your controller’s firmware. The latest firmware is also available here:

  The firmware revision history is available here.

  
  DR240(A) - A DIN-rail mounted board with 8 * 240VAC relays, 8 optically-isolated digital inputs and more.
  A versions include 1 analogue input and 1 analogue output.==========================
  == Version 5.3 (DR240A) ==
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  21 April 2023
  - Modified Production Test to skip 3V3 trim if already calibrated
  - Made PA9 an IO_UNUSED pin since it's not using VBUS.
  - Changed board type so it would show up as SPLat rather than HMI430
  - Created special, SEPARATE, version for JCM Electrical that appears on Xwire to be like the DR240. THIS IS BUILT SEPARATELY as dr240a_1908_release_jcm_v5.3.hex==========================
  == Version 5.2 (DR240A) ==
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  2 September 2021
  - Disabled buffer on DAC_OUTPUT lines to give better range.
  - Rebuilt with new extended Modbus code.
  - Added 64KB NVEM2 instance==========================
  == Version 5.1 (DR240A) ==
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  16 June 2020
  - Removed Vdd from the SEXI app to reduce the confusion.==========================
  == Version 5.0 (DR240A) ==
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  15 June 2020
  - Corrected mapping of DIP switches for the Xwire address so it starts at DIP0 instead of DIP1.
  - Added analogue inputs and output to SEXI map.
  - Separated DR240 and DR240A builds a bit better.
  - Included NVEM3 driver.=========================
  == Version 4.8 (DR240) ==
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  15 June 2020
  - Corrected mapping of DIP switches for the Xwire address so it starts at DIP0 instead of DIP1.
  - Updated to latest version of analogue output code.
  
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  == Version 4.7 ==
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  15 November 2019
  - Re-compiled with system serial changes removed, as they made baud rate setting unreliable.
  
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  == Version 4.6 ==
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  21 October 2019
  - Updated production test
  
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  == Version 4.5 ==
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  26 August 2019
  - Created version for DR240A version 1908, complete with 4 analogue inputs, 1 analogue output, 3V3 trimming and an EEPROM.
  - NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EARLY DR240s
  
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  == Version 4.4 ==
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  dr240_1502_release_v4-4
  12 Sep 2016
  - VM: fixed a serious bug in fSTTimeSince & STTest that 2 days after the controller is turned on made both functions think the elapsed time is always greater than 167772.16s.
  - ARM: The SPLat/VM on ARM boards was throwing a RAM OutOfBounds error when trying to access byte 250 which is actually the legal last address.
  - VM: Doing a fGetTimer or Test quickly after starting a timer may sometimes have caused the timer to expire immediately.
  - VM: WtoU, QtoU, UtoW, UtoQ, fixToU, floatFromU, would incorrectly error when loading a float into U[16+]
  
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  == Version 4.3 ==
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  09 May 2016
  - DR240: new SEXI app doubles performance.
  - VM: WaitOnKT wasn't working (incorrect opcode length)
  - DR240, DR8: updates for new OD had broken the status LED
  - VM: GoIfInOn/Off/K were ignoring "J"
  - VM: Fixed STTest which was not working correctly due to a typo. It was especially worse with small delays.
  - VM: NVReadRec & NVWriteRec were incorrectly expecting a 16 bit address but it's only an 8 bit address.
  - DR240: now using generic bi-LED driver
  - VM: A change to detect duplicated slave entries in the Xwire table was preventing correct parsing of the table, meaning slaves often weren't being added to the I/O map.
  - OS: Saw the 1 second timer getting delayed, manifested by ComTestStartTimer taking 13 seconds dignal rather than 10. Due to timers being deleted before the next timer was fetched.
  - VM: ComTestStartTimer now using fast tick to avoid expiring after 9 - 10 seconds (only following RUN from SPLat/PC, power on was always 10s).
  - VM: XwireGetPollCntr now increments as soon as a packet is received rather than at the start of sending the response, this also fixed a problem where poll count was not incrementing if the slave had no data to return; interpacket time delays have been shortend to increase throughput.
  - VM: Fixed display of PermStore values in the "Module" window in SPLat/PC as all bytes were off by 1, thus the first byte was always missing and the "status" was never correct.
  - VM: the Xwire LCD master now sends zeroes for the command bytes (blink, etc) otherwise sending these bytes sent garbage and stuffed up the LCD.
  - VM: SEXI was not working when analogue I/O didn't start at 0
  - OS: On ST micros, quadrature is now always 24bit even for 16 bit timers.
  - ST quadrature now leves the pullup and drive modes unaltered
  - OS: analogue output number is now contigous as there would have been problem if a DAC was in the middle of PWM
  - VM: now able to report analogue I/O when numbering doesn't start at 0
  
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  == Version 4.2 ==
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  27 Jan 2016
  - DR240: SEXI app was always using address 0 as it needed a delay before reading the DIP switches
  - VM: low speed digital (OBCB) counting now works on ARM controllers.
  - SPLatVM: SEXI was not turning off blinking outputs when SPLat/PC connected
  - SEXI: a duplicate slave entry in the Xwire table now doesn't incorrectly increase the nof I/O's;
  - VM: More than 10 analogues, in or out, are now correctly sent to SPLat/PC.
  
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  == Version 4.1 ==
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  23 Sep 2015
  - DR240: enabled read protection
  - DR240: Adjust COM port assignment, now TTL is 251, 485 is 252 and USB is 253
  - VM: Now ensure countdown timers are cleared on VM reset
  - VM: loss of SPLat/PC will now stop I/O update messages from being sent.
  
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  == Version 4.0 ==
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  07 Aug 2015
  - First release